Redline Racer | |
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Developer(s) | Criterion Games |
Publisher(s) | Ubisoft |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Dreamcast, Game Boy Color |
Release | Windows Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing Dreamcast Game Boy Color
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Genre(s) | Racing |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Redline Racer (Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing for the European and North American Dreamcast release, European Game Boy Color release and Microsoft Windows re-release) is a racing game that was developed by Criterion Games and published by Ubisoft.
The player controls a motorcycle racer and starts every race from the last position. There are three tracks and three bikes to choose from at first, with more becoming available (10 tracks and 8 bikes in total) as the player wins the races on each of the tracks. The player can also choose the team that the racer belongs to, as well as the racer's sex. All the tracks are set in different environments: a canyon, a tropical island without a highway, an area full of orchards, etc. A race lasts for three laps.
Aggregator | Score |
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GameRankings | 67%[1] |
Publication | Score |
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Computer Games Strategy Plus | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Computer Gaming World | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Edge | 7/10[4] |
Game Informer | 7/10[5] |
GamePro | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
GameRevolution | A−[7] |
GameSpot | 6.7/10[8] |
IGN | 7/10[9] |
Next Generation | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
PC Gamer (UK) | 50%[11] |
PC Gamer (US) | 69%[12] |
Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "it is just another average racing game with which to pass the time. It is a shame because Redline Racer does look really good."[10]
The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[1]
Aggregator | Score | |
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Dreamcast | PC | |
GameRankings | 56%[27] | 66%[28] |
Metacritic | N/A | 55/100[29] |
Publication | Score | |
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Dreamcast | PC | |
AllGame | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | N/A |
Electronic Gaming Monthly | 5.875/10[14] | N/A |
Eurogamer | N/A | 5/10[15] |
Famitsu | 26/40[16] | N/A |
Game Informer | 7/10[18] | N/A |
GameFan | 40%[17] | N/A |
GamePro | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | N/A |
GameSpot | 6/10[20] | 5.1/10[21] |
GameSpy | 6/10[22] | N/A |
GameZone | N/A | 9/10[23] |
IGN | 4/10[24] | 5/10[25] |
Next Generation | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | N/A |
PC Gamer (UK) | N/A | 64%[26] |
The PC version of Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[29] In Japan, where the Dreamcast version was released first under the name Redline Racer (レッドラインレーサー, Reddorain Rēsā) on 29 April 1999, Famitsu gave it a score of 26 out of 40.[16]
Jeff Lundrigan reviewed the Dreamcast version of the game for Next Generation, rating it one star out of five, and stated that "'Extreme'? Who are you trying to kid?"[30]
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